When it’s February, one cannot help
but be a hopeless romantic. And when you have something to give you the excuse
you need for being one, then what can you do but knock yourself out? Selmor
Mtukudzi is that excuse. Her love story with music and her husband is nothing
short of magical. It’s how she is such musical royalty too. True, only SHE gets
to pull that one off. I mean honestly, living legends for a father and
father-in-law, and a fellow musician for a hubby? Not forgetting of course how
she is strikingly beautiful with a heavenly voice to go with too. Picture
perfect doesn’t even begin to describe Selmor. So who is this fairy-tale
princess? Take a read of a dialogue we had with her not too far back to find
out.
TAW: How does it feel to be a
Mtukudzi and married to a Manatsa? Those are some big names you have.
“It doesn’t feel like anything,
it’s just me.” (Well we could definitely tell her how it feels!
UNFAIR!!!)
TAW: Apparently your mom (Melody Murape) and aunt (Bybit
Mtukudzi) used to sing together back in the day, what happened to the “sister
in-law” duo?
(She laughs) “I don’t know. Was I born even? I
heard they did a few songs that were hits though.” (Royalty doesn’t get
better than that! Even the mom and aunt were in to music!)
TAW: We know you did a sound track
for Godwin Mawuru’s movie at only 10! How was that experience?
“The movie was called ‘I’m the
future’. Being 10, I was excited about acting and it was fun.”
TAW: And then you were part of a
number of groups. What did you gain from them?
“I learnt a lot. Tanga Wekwasando
was the first person I worked with after school and he helped me gain
confidence and how to sing on a microphone (lol,
apparently it’s an art, you don’t just sing on a microphone!). Kwekwe
band was a different feel because it was a rock band, so it was fun. And Pax
Afro was fun too. It was a youth band, we travelled a lot and working with
Jonathan Moyo is just amazing – he’s a great man.”
TAW: And your hubby (Tendai
Manatsa) is a musician too, do tell us about him.
“He’s a loving husband, great
father, amazing musician and a great guy.” (ncooooh,
isn’t that so sweet? But then again what would she say; he was sitting with us!
lol.)
TAW: How is it working with him?
Don’t you get tired of being with him 24/7?
“NO! We are friends. Before we
started dating we were friends, now we are best friends, and you don’t get
tired of your best friend do you?” (We are still amazed! 24/7! Wow!
How is that for overdose romance?)
TAW: And you decided to part ways –
musically that is. Why? (NB: This just means they don’t sing together, he’s
still her production manager though. Complicated eh? We know.)
“We felt we were individual artists
who needed to expand individually”
TAW: How did the two of you meet?
“We met
whilst we were working with Tanga, but we got to be just friends. And then we
started dating in 2004 when we met at Pax Afro and then got married in 2007.” (I need
Kleenex!!!!)
TAW: When
did you know he was the one you were going to spend the rest of your life with?
“After
dating for 2 months I knew he was the one.” (And
Tendai interjects “so why didn’t you propose?!!!” lol, aren’t they so
adorable!!!)
TAW: How
can you describe your music?
“My music is
a fusion of Afro – beat and modern sounds, with some influences from my
father’s songs”.
TAW: And
this last December you shared the stage with Mokoomba. How was that?
“That was
amazing!! It was the show of the year. We had so much fun, they are a tight
band.”
TAW: What
have you got planned for 2014?
“Well, I’m
gonna be working on my new album, doing some collaborations and videos too.” (Busy gal
she is).
TAW: With
Feb around the corner, what have you got planned?
“On the 14th,
Tendai and I are having a show together at the Book Café, after not performing
together for so long, so yeah, hope we get lots of couples come through.” (Hear that
ladies? Book Café is the place to be on Vals!!! J.
The
end.
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